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Sir Garfield Sobers’ summer of brilliance in 1966

Sir Garfield Sobers arrived in England in 1966 as the world’s finest cricketer and left having strengthened his claim as the greatest all-rounder the game has ever seen.
Sir Garfield Sobers was at his all-round best in 1966

By Phil Walker
Sir Garfield Sobers arrived in England in the spring of 1966 as the finest cricketer in the world. He departed that autumn having laid claims to being the greatest of all time.

Garfield Sobers made five tours to England, enjoyed four of them, and dominated one.
Under Frank Worrell in 1963, Sobers had been among a cast list that would deliver a classic series against a backdrop of “good humour and incessant banter” (Wisden) between sets of supporters curious to discover the common ground they shared.
Echoing the epochal 1950 series, the West Indies won it 3-1, with Sobers taki...

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